Who would have thought

Well you're mom always does the blog but she is having her lesson today and so  I thought maybe I would take a turn.
   Yesterday we had to go to Faro again for the same sister we dealt with the first week. She had a follow up appointment. The doctor gave her enough prescriptions for another year to treat her problem. She leaves the mission in a week and the mission Presidents wife said we could purchase 3 months worth but the rest would be up to her family. So we went to a pharmacy and they only had half the prescriptions. I bought them and then we went to another pharmacy for the other part. Then she told me that the first prescription was a generic one that she had taken before and she couldn't take it it made her sick. The second pharmacy had the other half in the  kind she could take so we bought it and then returned to the first pharmacy to take the  other back. they didn't have the kind she could take but they did take the first one back without a problem. So back to the second pharmacy and they had the other half in the kind she could take.  Today we get a call from the mission home and she  has a growth on her ear that she said the last mission presidents wife said the church would take care of. so we have to get her an appointment next week, her last week so here we go again.
  Now for the reason that I am blogging. When we went to  Lisbon this past Monday to register for our (Stay in the country card) I really don't know what they call it we stayed at the mission home and had the opportunity to converse with the mission  president, President Tavares about out area and some concerns he had. He mentioned that the president of the branch in a town (Loule (low lay)) was moving and they were discussing names of brother to call and they were having trouble deciding because they didn't feel there  were anyone quite ready. Then we went on to discuss other areas in out zone. The next morning we went to the government office that is in a large mall and stood in line for 4 1/2 hours so we could sign 2 sheets of paper and get a strip of paper that says we are now legal to stay in Portugal. Our real card will arrive at the mission  home in three weeks and then we will go back to Lisbon (Lisboa) to get it. Then we had to wait around till 5:30 so I could have my eyes check so when, we go back I can trade my Idaho drivers license for a Portuguese one. Yep can,t carry both if you're staying in the country for more than 3 months. So how long will  the line be next time. So then we had an elder with us that we had to take to his area Beja and it is about an 1 1/2 out of our way coming home. So needless to say when we got to Beja (    his companion is going home because of sickness so now there are three of them working together in Beja) His companions were at a visit teaching a lesson so we had to wait another 1/2 hour for them because elders can't be left alone. Then we headed home arriving at midnight and the gps took us off the high way and through yes Estoi where the castle is and all the tiny narrow streets in the dark and of course I took a wrong turn and that  is a big mistake in Protugal because then you have a 2 kilometer detour to get back on the right road. We finally made it home at 12:30 am and colapsed into bed. Nope we didn't get up at our ususal 7am that morning.
  So yesterday the President of the district Pres. Querales called me and wanted me to meet with him and  the departing branch president and said he had some things they needed to go over with me. This meeting  took place after our trip to the pharmacy. The meeting started with " I have spoken with President Tavares again and I am now calling you to be the president of the Loule branch starting this Sunday. Yep you got it don't know anyone there and they certainly don't know me and I still don't understand Portugues Portuguese very well so OUR  NAME IN THE TEMPLE AND AN EXTRA DOSE OF PRAYERS IS MY REQUEST FROM ALL WHO READ THIS. And as they say in the cartoons th th thats all folks.  Love Elder and Sister Roberts